Shohei Ohtani’s 2022 pitching glove looks like Asics put a basketball in a blender and put it together with whatever came out. The web has no equivalent; it looks like a double H-Web, and overall the glove’s shape looks more like an outfielder’s glove. The basketball-like material resembles Wilson Superskin […]
Shohei Ohtani’s Asics Gold Stage bat has evolved over his time in the MLB. While he started his career with Japanese Ash, Ohtani hit the bulk of his homers with Maple before switching to Birch for 2022. We spoke to a few manufacturers about this recently, and there is some […]
Shohei Ohtani’s player exclusive gear is the most unique in the game. His batting gloves are Asics, a white style with red and silver trim that he’s worn since 2021. Baseball gear with his name on it, like gloves, bats and batting gloves, are only marketed in Japan, and they […]
Shohei Ohtani’s style is not loud, but the attention-to-detail is elite. He made subtle aesthetic changes to his Asics cleats for 2022, which remain some of the best in the game. They have a very faint camo (?) design feature on the midsole in light gray/white—that’s as flashy as “Shotime” […]
Shohei Ohtani continues to protect his million dollar assets with a myriad of protective guards at the plate, some showing, some under layers. All the guards have Asics logos on them. The most unique one was the one that protected his throwing hand at the plate. Almost his entire arm […]
Vlad is fully armored when he enters the box like a gladiator. He wears an Asics hand guard a la Shohei Ohtani, and this is not something you can buy in the USA. However, you can get a 44Pro hand guard custom for just $40. Great price, especially when you […]
Shohei Ohtani’s 2020 batting gloves look very similar to his 2019 pair, and at this point its obvious that Ohtani has some of the cleanest gear in baseball on an annual basis. His gear seems to only be marketed by Asics in Japan, though you can hunt on eBay for […]
Shohei Ohtani’s got a new look in 2020 with his Asics cleats, yet they remain one of the most unique and aesthetically clean pairs of cleats in baseball. We know nothing about these cleats, though Amazon offers a similar pair at a really attractive price depending on the color ($30)—might […]
Shohei Ohtani’s 2019 cleats are identical to the cleats worn during Ohtani’s rookie season, as far as we can tell. Info on Shohei’s cleats seems nonexistent, though Asics did offer them last year in an extremely limited run. If you hear about them hit us up, otherwise shop Asics cleats […]
Asics freshened up an already swaggy batting glove for Shohei Ohtani in 2019. We did a poll last year, Mike Trout’s Nike batting gloves vs Shohei’s batting gloves — and Sho-Time took it comfortably. You can actually buy very similar batting gloves to Shohei Ohtani’s at Rakuten.com for $56. The […]